Smyrna times., 1887-03-09
For The Smyrna Times.
Our Dover Letter.
THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
DOVER, DEL, March 3, 1887.

DOVER, DEL, Nlarch =, 1901.
The Legislature has returned from
its trip to the CSpital of the Nation, and
the members have been at their desks
two days, during which time they have
done some right respectable legislating.
Before going on its trip the Legislature
did one or two things worth mention
ing, which | forgot in my last, the
principal of which was giving women IA I
right to vote at town elections in Mil |
ford, as well as one or two other towns |
that have been Incorporated The /
members hardly realised the step they /
| had taken till it was too late. They
| don't seem to be aware that the point
gained in favor of the women was also
a point gained by the temperance
people. who know now that if the Leg
islature has a right to give women the
! privilege Of voting, it also has right to
give them the temperance peOple-an
opportunity to vote on rum or no rum,
This LEGISLATURE has on On6 or two
other occasions oonclusiVely shown, rs
per the Oleomargarine bill that to give
the people that opportunity would not
be unconstitutional, but far from it,
it would be the God-given right which
our forefathers cOntended for and won.
Another good thing the Legislature
did, or the Educational Committee !
should say was to report iav0mbly on
the Hartley school bill, which provides
for a new school building, not to ex-
ceed 81 900 in cost also, to appoint a
committee fIOm branches to attend the
, funeral of Judge WoOtten. The Senate
committee complied, but the House
committee got on the wrong train,
whether Intentionally or otherwise is
not stated, and went to Washington.
Mr.. Harrington presented bill last
: Wednesday to provide mode for alter
ing the Constitution Whether the bill
has any merits is not known, it not
: being worth while to investigate, as it
| or any other Constitution changing
Y bills have the least likelihood Of ever
!. passing this hOdy,
2 From Wednesday till yesterday the
/ halls of legislation were closed, and the
Y State House had peaceful and serene
e look, aud all the natives had the same
v kind of a look, as if in keeping Will
t time Yesterday the members returned
e and did nothing of any importance, bu
: to-day the same cannot be said, as il
q the Senate McWhorter's primary cleo
g tiOn bill passed, applying only to New
= Castle county, and it imposes rOugl
l. treatment on false counting and swear
D ing at primaries. In the House yes
% terday the passage of DR.. Chandler
r bill refunding $250,0O0 of the Stat
d debt at per cent, 4 per cent. being tn
N present rate, was one of the importan
is doings of the day, and the discussion {
lie the bill to do away with division fence
" was another The bill was indefnitel
,e postponed, that is killed, as very fey
IN persons in the State of Delawrre care t
G. have division fences abolished.
ne LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
a The trip of the Legislature to Wasl
~ iugtOn was success in every parti
~ ulap. and to hear the members speak
ie it, a person would suppose that MOI
OI hOnOrs could not have been tendere
t. them than they received. ThOs. Saul
bury had charge of the arrangements
the Washington end of the trip IN
made his best efforts to make the vi
itOrs' stay in that city as pleasant
possible. He engaged rooms at Il
bo Harris House for forty persons, al
81 made other arrangements, such
hiring teams and other necessary co
~ venienCes of sight seeing. Twelve
~ more carriages were needed for Il
"a party, who at q glance presented
cir !uneiHl opp'''i a'i1o' I.iu d.,S "o,J 5"V g..
~ ~ erals once or twice by the mistaken c
M l10il9 ouy y Nv O IL Ill,
Ose % Iil'' 49, - bai,,,, :, 4 II .,
no = N
ch ;i a. t.. p'IS1,y c., ~, ,,biob oo,
m ,ot ~ ost st,,
ch, saou v't0 aE +So ,j,no "non2 ,"hon, ~,
.t.oo' Edmunds, Sherman and others, and
~ 10 right royal time was had in their col
uf pany, Senator Edmunds since sayi
Iod Iod that the Delaware Legislative pan
bor peU was as fine o set of gentlemen as
~ had ever met.